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accession number: 1995.351
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Lobed Mirror with Heaven and Earth between the Paired Phoenixes, mid to late 700s. China, Tang dynasty (618-907). Bronze; diameter: 22.5 cm (8 7/8 in.); overall: 1.1 cm (7/16 in.); rim: 0.7 cm (1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee 1995.351
title: Lobed Mirror with Heaven and Earth between the Paired Phoenixes
title in original language: 雙鳳上圓下方葵花鏡
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creation date: mid to late 700s
creation date earliest: 700
creation date latest: 799
current location: 239 Chinese Ceramics and Metalwork
creditline: Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee
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culture: China, Tang dynasty (618-907)
technique: bronze
department: Chinese Art
collection: China - Tang Dynasty
type: Metalwork
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CREATORS
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measurements: Diameter: 22.5 cm (8 7/8 in.); Overall: 1.1 cm (7/16 in.); Rim: 0.7 cm (1/4 in.)
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inscription: 上圓下方,象于天地。
中列八填,備著陰陽。
辰星鎮定,日月貞明。
周流為水,以名四瀆。
內置連山,以旌王岳。
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Circles of Reflection: The Carter Collection of Chinese Bronze Mirrors
opening date: 2000-09-17T00:00:00
Circles of Reflection: The Carter Collection of Chinese Bronze Mirrors. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 17-November 26, 2000); China Institute Gallery, New York, NY (February 6-June 2, 2002); Elvehjem Museum of Art, Madison, WI (December 20, 2003-February 29, 2004).
title: La voie du Tao, un autre chemin de l'Etre
opening date: 2010-03-29T00:00:00
La voie du Tao, un autre chemin de l'Etre. Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, 75008 Paris, France (March 29-July 5, 2010).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
Thomas and Martha Carter, Madison, WI, ?-1995, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
date: -1995
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 1995-present
date: 1995-
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Chou, Ju-hsi. Circles of Reflection: The Carter Collection of Chinese Bronze Mirrors. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2000.
page number: Reproduced: cat. no. 69, pp. 75-76 and 121
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Cahill, Suzanne E. "The Moon Stopping in the Void: Daoism and the LIterati Ideal in Mirrors of the Tang Dynasty." .Cleveland Studies in the History of Art 9 (2005): 24-41.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 38, fig.15
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/20079751
Delacour, Catherine. La Voie du Tao: un Autre Chemin de L'être : Galeries Nationales, Grand Palais, 29 Mars-5 Juillet 2010. Paris: Reunion des Musees Nationaux, 2010.
page number: Reproduced: pp. 136-137, cat. 11.2
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